Portuguese cookies "Broas"

Description

Broas. Traditional Portuguese pastries, which is prepared as of November 1 this day is also called the day of the cookie - "dia dos bolinhos" or "dia das bruxas" - day of the witches, you can also borrowed Halloween, the day children go home and ask brainiac. There are many types of breach, I offer a recipe from a friend of the Portuguese.

Ingredients

Potatoes

0.5 kg
Flour

1 kg
Chicken egg

4 piece
Butter

60 g
Leavening agent

0.5 tsp
Fennel

1 tsp
Dried fruits
Sugar

0.5 kg
Nuts

Cooking

Boil peeled potatoes, mash and add other products, at the end add the nuts, raisins, dried fruit. The Portuguese pastries add a fragrant spice which is called as erva doce - translation gave the name "fennel". I picked up more potatoes than the recipe, as I found many recipes where the potatoes even more than flour, this portion of boiled Jerusalem artichoke

This portion of ordinary potatoes, after baking, it absolutely does not feel the dough sticky, to make it easier to sculpt the hands and sprinkle with flour